Have We Been Here Before?

History is a part of human lives for as long as I can remember. We grew up learning the history of our country and the world at large in school and even watching them on television. It wasn’t to scare us, but to help us appreciate what our forefathers had to go through for us, know our history and all learn from it. They say someone who is not ready to learn might as well be dead because once you’re stagnant on this earth, you’re not even alive anymore and that’s the reality. Over the years, a lot of things have changed in my country and in the world at large. They say affliction shall not befall you twice and Ghanaians did take the seriously over the past few years.

For so long, we’ve voted governments into power thinking they were the government for the people but turns out they didn’t even care for the people. For years ago, Ghana was in so much hardship because the government then didn’t even care. Inflation was a normal thing for citizens and to add to that, we were made to pay some unnecessary tasks we don’t even know about. For an average Ghanaian, how to survive on the daily basis was already a struggle but that wasn’t enough, we had to pay E-levy for the most minute transactions and not forgetting the fact that no one dared to speak up because once you take that road, the government would be out for you.

I guess we had just had enough and so when the next election came which was on 7th December last year. Ghanaians made sure to vote that government out of power. It was something new in the history of our country because the gap was a lot. Our forefathers didn’t really care if the party they voted into power was going to work or not. Even if they were made to struggle till they very end, once they support you, be sure to have their vote. Our generation made that mistake once, didn’t like how it turned and so we decided to do better, stand up for what is right and put everything else aside. And as I speak today, I’d say the change was really worth us as Ghanaians are seeing real change now.

Looking globally, I would like to believe the just like world war 2, world war 3 has already started. Why because the events over the past few years say so. Starting from the Russia-Ukraine war, Israel- Palestine war, and now I hear Iran and the US are even involved. Not forgetting that the current Russian president also stated that world war 3 was already in progress. Funny enough, the higher ups are just having fun while civilians bear the wrath of their actions. All these killings and suffering can all be solved in one sitting but I guess our leaders just don’t want to come to a simple understanding for the benefit of us all.

So, as we all sit and watch in our various homes, let’s prepare for the worst as we pray for the best.

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